The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-02
EMPEROR OF MILLIONS.
The Ruler of China Takes tho Reins
Government Into His Hands.

The Ruler of China Takes tho Rcins
Government Into His Hands.
Advices from Pckin say that the
emperor has assumed the government.
Smallpox carried off Tung-che, the
late emperor of China, at the age OF
IS, on Jan, u, 1875. 1t Is the custom
in China for the sovereign to appoint
his successor from the members of hi
family of II younger generation tina
his own. This Tun g-che had neglecle
to do. The widow of his predecessor,
Hung-fung. joined with Prince Gnu
her brother n-law, and brought about
the election of Tsai-tien, the son OF
Prince Oh un, rs emperor, and for the
first time in the annals OF the Using
dynasty the succession to the throne
passed out of the direct line. The
dowager empress herself became re-
gent. She was woman of great tact
and skill, and had been regent after
the death of her husband during the
minority of Tung che.
Tsai-tien, who succeeded under the
title of Kwang-sen, or succession OF
glory" is the ninth emperor of China
of the Tartar dynasty Of Using, which
succeeded the native dynasty in the
year 1914. The surname of the family
is Gioro-that is golden-and, accord.
ing to tradition, was given to their
first ancestral chief. Aisin Gioro be-
cause he was the son of Il divine virg n.
About the year 1880 the tribe of Tar
tars TO which the family belonged
drove out the native rulers and occu-
pied the northern provinces of China.
Pekin was their capital for many years,
and in the course of time the presen,
Using dynasty OF emperors was found
ed by them. The word ''Tsing,
which means pure, was adopted as u
surname to signify what would be the
character of the administration which
they set up.
1sai-ten was born on Aug. 10, 1871.
He was therefore Il little more that
years of age when he was carried,
'cross and sleepy us he was" in the
presence of the conclave of Manchu
princes, princesses. and the dowagel
empress and the empress mother who
met in one of the secret chambers OF
the palace, and there solemnly declared
Tsai-tien as the hwangli.
The emperor was vaccinated when
on infant before his high destiny was
thought of; otherwise it would have
been difficult to vaccinate him, for, his
person being sacred when emperor, nc
lancet can touch him. HIS mother. the
princess of Ch'un. who is n sister OF
the empress of the west, was raised &c
the rank of empress dowager when he
became l6, and his father was made
tai shang huang. On April Is, 1881,
the empress dowager died, leaving the
principal governing authority in the
hands of her colleague, the empress
mother, Tsze An, by whom the regency
has been conducted up to the present
time
Under the tender care of his instruct
ors the emperor learned the noble arts
of how to govern China 1t was part
of his imperial training that hdkd
chdHtze, or whipping boy" was APP.
pointed to suffer for the faults of his
imperial master. In matters of pleas.
ure the wants or wishes of the youth
full ruler were not overlooked. Atten-
ton was paid to his exercises and
sports.
He was married in April, 1886, to the
daughter of a Mandarin named Tao
Tai, who, on celest al authority, is q
great beauty. He selected her from
over n hundred girls who had been
gathered from all parts of China fol-
his inspection.